Shaw Family Papers

Item date: 1690-1974
Grant Value: £500
Item cost: £1,637
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2007
Item institution: West Yorkshire Archive Service
Town/City: Leeds
County: West Yorkshire

Family and business records of John Shaw and Sons, woollen manufacturers, of Brookroyd Mills, Stainland. The records concern family and local matters, and give an excellent picture of the life of a prosperous manufacturing family in 19th century England with a fondness for extensive foreign travels.

Item Provenance
The Shaw Family; Mr Timothy Shaw